Messi and Zidane’s unmissable meeting; legends’ mutual admiration and recognition of Cristiano Ronaldo

French Zidane meets Argentina’s Messi Participating in a speech organized by Adidas in Miami (USA), he delivered this Thursday and considered the current Inter Miami striker to be “pure magicAnd there are very few like him, adding with a smile, “Well, there is one.” “

“The word is one, magic, and that’s what I like. We don’t get together every day, but it’s an important day for me to tell him how much I admire him. To me it’s pure magic.For me as someone who knows football, seeing a person on the pitch, I almost know what I’m going to see, the connection between them“Zidane said in his conversation with Messi.

“Those players are few and far between. Yes, but like him, no.Very few, well, one

he added, laughing along with Messi, most likely referring to Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.

in conversation, Zidane and Messi tell anecdotes from their careers. The Frenchman highlighted his admiration for Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli and told how he ended up wearing Real Madrid’s No.5 shirt.

“Florentino (Perez, Real Madrid president) doesn’t like players who are 25 or 30 years old. To him, the keeper is 1, and you continue to process numbers like this. The president said, “This isn’t football, this is American football, come on.” That was the first day, and I said yes (it was about the fifth day). This is history to me now. 10 points, not bad, 5 points to go.Starting from the 21st, at Juventus, I don’t quite agree“, explain.

The Frenchman also admitted that the most difficult defenders he has worked with were Italian Paolo Maldini (due to his intelligence) and Frenchman Lilian Thuram.

Lionel Messi, on the other hand, assured that when he sees the number 10, he thinks of Diego Armando Maradona and thinks “Everyone wants to be like him, although no one is.“.

“For us Argentines, 10 is a very special number because when we see 10, we think of Maradona. We want to be like him, even though no one will ever be like him, that’s what we want.Maradona at No. 10 is a player we admire

“Messi said.

“I rarely saw Diego, when he went to Newell’s in the final stages, I was six or seven years old, I don’t remember it, it was like the 1994 World Cup. I was a boy, I don’t remember much. Then I watched the video. He is our role model, our idol. For us, Diego is a very strong person and he will continue to be there for many years, I have no doubt.My kids have never met Diego but know him through videos and our stories“He added.

“I admire you, we didn’t have the privilege of playing together, we did kind of face each other.Always respect and admire what you have done and continue to do“Messi praised the Frenchman.

“For me he is one of the greatest players in history, I have always admired him, I followed him a lot in Madrid and I suffered because I am from Madrid. He was always a player. Distinctive, elegant, tall, magical, it has it all. I remember the goal against Leverkusen, the World Cup goal, the roulette…

“, he assured.

The Argentinian also recognized that scoring goals at the World Cup “It’s always more special, so that means“, about Champions League goals.